brm_323343 - AUGUSTUS Sesterce

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750.00 €(Approx. 802.50$ | 645.00£)

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Type : Sesterce

Date: 96

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 34 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 27,28 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Auguste divinisé. Frappe plus molle au revers avec une usure prononcée. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

C.570 (15 fr.) - RIC.136 - BMC/RE.149 note - BN/R.141 - RCV.3076 (2800$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : DIVVS AVGV[STVS].

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Auguste à droite.

Obverse translation : “Divus Augustus Pater”, (Divin Auguste père).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IMP NERVA CAES[AR AVGVST]VS REST.

Reverse description : Grand S. C au centre.

Reverse translation : “Imperator Nerva Cæsar Augustus Restituit”, (L’empereur Nerva césar auguste a restitué).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

AUGUSTUS

(96-98)

Restoration coinage of Nerva

Nerva, founder of a new dynasty, restored the memory of Augustus through an important bronze coinage (sesterces, dupondii and asses) and an extremely rare silver coinage (denarius). By making this gesture, he placed himself directly as the successor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and of its founder in particular, Augustus, when he himself was only born in 32 under the reign of Tiberius..